ABSTRACT
Recent comments by FIFA President, Sepp Blatter, have focused attention on the use of the penalty shoot-out to determine the result of drawn games in the knockout stages of international football tournaments. He stated,
When it comes to the World Cup final, it is passion, and when it goes to extra time it is a drama. But when it comes to penalty kicks, it is a tragedy. … Football is a team sport and penalties are not for a team, it is the individual.
